This is the pretty ugly subway and tramway station Schottentor (scotsgate) – build in the 60s – easily recognizable by the colors that were used: orange, brown and purple. It is named after the city gate in the city wall, which once stood here. Today it is one of the most busiest hubs (not on this pic 
). The University of Vienna is right above the station. So its mainly frequented by students. 12 tram lines meet here at the ground- and underground level. The former city wall was removed in the 1850s under command of the emperor, who wanted a boulevard like the champs elysee in Paris – he got it with the Ringstraße (ring road), which was build in place of the city wall. All the famous Ringstraßengebäude (ring road buildings), like the opera or the university, was build after that. They are not hundreds of years old, as as most tourists believe, they are not even 150 years old.
By the way, its dam cold here in vienna. The snow comes and goes. In the morning there was a snowstorm and now there is nothing to see more of it.
